Reporting terminal capabilities for supporting short message service
AssigneeInterDigital Technology Corporation
InventorKamel M. Shaheen
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Abstract
A method for delivering a short message service (SMS) message to an interworking wireless local area network user equipment (UE) begins by registering the UE with an Internet Protocol short message gateway (IP-SM-GW). A capability report is sent from the UE to the IP-SM-GW, the capability report including the capabilities of the UE. A SMS message is transmitted from a short message service center (SMSC) to the IP-SM-GW. The capabilities of the UE are evaluated at the IP-SM-GW to determine whether the UE can receive the SMS message, and the SMS message is delivered to the UE via the IP-SM-GW if the UE has the capabilities to receive the SMS message.
Claims19
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A method for use in a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
- the UE transmitting capability information via a wireless network, wherein the capability information indicates short message service (SMS) capabilities of the UE;
- the UE receiving a first Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message via the wireless network and one or more IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) servers, wherein the first SIP message includes a Short Message Service (SMS) message;
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- the UE transmitting a second SIP message via the wireless network and the one or more IMS servers, wherein
- the second SIP message is a SIP OK message, and
- the second SIP message is responsive to the first SIP message.
A user equipment (UE) comprising:
- a transmitter configured to transmit capability information via a wireless network, wherein the capability information indicates short message service (SMS) capabilities of the UE;
- a receiver configured to receive a first Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message via the wireless network and one or more IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) servers, wherein the first SIP message includes a Short Message Service (SMS) message;
- wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit a second SIP message via the wireless network and the one or more IMS servers, wherein
- the second SIP message is a SIP OK message, and
- the second SIP message is responsive to the first SIP message.
A method for use in a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
- the UE transmitting capability information via a wireless network, wherein the capability information indicates short message service (SMS) capabilities of the UE;
- the UE transmitting a first Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message via the wireless network and one or more IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) servers, wherein the first SIP message includes a Short Message Service (SMS) message;
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- the UE receiving a second SIP message via the one or more IMS servers and the wireless network, wherein
- the second SIP message is a SIP Accepted message, and
- the second SIP message is responsive to the first SIP message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.